diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_crtc.c
index d5ca0c280e68..ee0a61c2861b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arc/arcpgu_crtc.c
@@ -145,16 +145,14 @@ static int arc_pgu_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 static void arc_pgu_crtc_atomic_begin(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				      struct drm_crtc_state *state)
 {
-	struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu = crtc_to_arcpgu_priv(crtc);
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (crtc->state->event) {
-		struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event = crtc->state->event;
+	struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event = crtc->state->event;
 
+	if (event) {
 		crtc->state->event = NULL;
-		event->pipe = drm_crtc_index(crtc);
 
-		WARN_ON(drm_crtc_vblank_get(crtc) != 0);
+		spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
+		drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, event);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
 	}
 }